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You did a lovely job. As an English viewer, the only thing I would point out is that it was (for the sake of historical accuracy) the 1st S-boat Flotilla, being that it was the German organisation and their nomenclature for the small torpedo boats was S-boot. 'E-boat' is a historical brevity code used by British and Allied forces to describe or identify almost any small fast German motor craft, including Luftwaffe rescue launches. British ignorance of S-boat types & characteristics at the time was extremely notable and they didn't know exactly what they were fighting against in most cases until the surrender - the first time most RN crews had even seen an S-boat. So, E-boat is a term borne largely of dismissive ignorance, like 'Betty', 'Val', 'Zeke', 'Fishbed', 'Backfire' and 'Guideline' - all just made-up. So, we should really try to avoid using the outdated term 'E-boat' where possible, certainly when discussing the German perspective, to be more accurate, respectful and clear about what we are discussing. Without hostile criticism at all; otherwise lovely video.

@@AndrewGivens I appreciate the well articulated criticism. I understand the term E boat isn’t exactly the best but the sources I used described them as such (including German sources) and if I were to do more detailed videos on them I would distinguish them better. Anyway thanks again for the correction.

@@ImportantNavalHistory You're very welcome and thank you enormously for replying! I hope you keep up the good work & keep on enjoying it.

Normally I am critical of pronouncing words from different languag3 BUT IN THIS CASE you did an excellent job and I enjoyed the clip keep up good wo4k

I thought the same thing, but that's what Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke report. Edit: I definitely say 1000 pound bomb. But your comment brings up an interesting point about sources differing on the exact weight of the bombs. Some say 1000 and others 500.

​@@ImportantNavalHistorya British 1,000 lb bomb would be considered a 500 kg bomb to the Germans due to them using the metric system so this might explain the confusion in the sources

Koop and Schmolke in their book German Light Cruisers state a 100lb bomb was used though this maybe a missprint in the book. M.J.Whitley in his book German Cruisers of WWII states it was 500lb bombs (227kg). Wiki gives the Skua as capable of carrying either a 250lb or 500lb bomb in the dive-bombing roll. So I think 1000lb bomb not the case.@@ImportantNavalHistory

@@Robjillt After having read more on the subject it’s more than likely the Skuas were carrying 500 lbs bombs as that particular squadron of Skuas had just departed Ark Royal. Edit: I can’t believe I misread 100lb as 1000lb so many times… I might need to have my eyes checked.

Hey neo naughty ww2 German........ when did Drac do that ? These ships where over armed for the tonnage they where limited to , and even when they cheated aka the Hippers and Bismarks they just wasted tonnage , imagine a 18,000 tons County 😂

@@mathewkelly9968 First of all please read Christopher Clark´s book "The Sleepwalkers" and then tell me with what right the Allies forced Germany to obey to all of their restrictions? Secondly - yes, the constructions were not very convincing but after the time span during which they couldn´t construct anything they couldn´t keep pace with international developments. And of course these restrictions worked as the Allies prevented Germany from building competative ships. With what right? And secondly the German navy tried to put the priority on quality instead of quantity as they knew that they couldn´t outbuild Great Britain - a similar situation happened in Japan by the way. In the end many ships could fulfill a lot of tasks but were overweight. So yes, the German navy cheated with the Hippers, the Deutschlands and the Hippers by trying to give them every kind of ability they thought was needed. Just look at the seaplane facilities etc. In the end it wasn´t about WW1 anymore. It was about the endeavor to weaken a potential rival in a way that he would never recover. We both know where that led to.

The prefix is an easy way to distinguish her from the Königsberg of the First World War. It’s not perfect but it helps to separate the two. Have a great day :)

@@ImportantNavalHistory Now you have the cruisers: - Königsberg (1905) - Königsberg (1915) - Königsberg (1927) Who knows, maybe there will be another Königsberg someday. How do you distinguish US or UK ships related to their era?

Like I said in my previous comment, it’s not a perfect system as for any nation. I used the prefix here because it’s commonly used by reputable sources as in the ones I have in my description.